List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Venus flytrap, Venus's flytrap
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- damselfly (Zygoptera spp.), demoiselle
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- flat noodles
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- red eyes, bloodshot eyes
- red-eye
- red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
- facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bloodworm (Halla okudai)
- red mite (Trombicula akamushi), chigger mite, harvest mite
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)